Well, there are certain situation one when unexpected things happen. However, today I’m going to talk about a time when I received a call from unknown person in my members asked me, right last month, um, I was enjoying a gent central breez and shipping a bird in a public park. Suddenly my phone rang and the uh, true color id showed an unknown number that I didn’t reganize. So I decided to answer the call. After answering the call they introduce themselves as a seer from a university and they have to check the feedback on the transit transportation. Uh, speaking more specifically. Uh, first of all, uh, I didn’t euonnize why they called me, but after some time they told me that they have only want to take feedback regarding public transportation. So I decided to uh, give my point of view. So I told him that the infrastructure of public transporter is not good and the uh, facilities that are provided by public trans is very bad. So they have to make improvement in public transportation. Uh, after listening to me, to me about ten minutes, they thank m me about my opinion and they also are told me that they will make improvements, uh, in this kind of problems. Uh, if you ask me about my feelings, then I must say firstly I feel a bit worried why they called me, but after some time I feel uh, over the moon. And uh, I felt a sense of a civic duty, uh, as it’s my duty to told about uh, the public transportation of ceies, how they have to improve it. All in all this was a time when I lived from an unknown person and uh, it was a great experience for me.
Band 7+: Describe a time when you answered an unknown call
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Well, there are certain situations where unexpected things happen. However, today I'm going to talk about a time when I received a call from an unknown number. It happened last month, when I was enjoying a gentle breeze and feeding birds in a public park. Suddenly, my phone rang and the caller ID showed an unknown number that I didn't recognize. So I decided to answer the call. After answering, the caller introduced themselves as a researcher from a university. They explained that they were conducting a survey to gather feedback on public transportation. Initially, I was a bit confused as to why they called me, but they clarified that they were simply looking for feedback from random individuals. So I decided to share my perspective. I told them that the infrastructure of public transportation in our city is not good and the facilities provided are quite poor. I emphasized the need for improvements in public transportation. After listening to me for about ten minutes, they thanked me for my opinion and assured me that they would take my feedback into consideration when making improvements. If you ask me about my feelings, I must say that initially I felt a bit worried about why they called me. But after a while, I felt quite happy and proud. I felt a sense of civic duty, as it's my responsibility to share my thoughts on how to improve public transportation in our city. Overall, this was a time when I received a call from an unknown person, and it was a great experience for me.
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